I do not wait well. I get impatient in traffic and often try to find a less crowded route. While waiting in line at the post office, I configure new systems for better efficiency in my head. Yet, over and over again, I find myself in a season of waiting. I finally became a bride at the age of thirty-four, which frankly is considered an ancient marrying age for someone born and raised in the south. I joke with my husband that he did a good job of hiding from me for a decade. Now that I have this handsome partner in life, I can remember those single years with rose-colored…
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Waiting…And Waiting…
I do not wait well. I get impatient in traffic and often try to find a less crowded route. While waiting in line at the post office, I configure new systems for better efficiency in my head. Yet, over and over again, I find myself in a season of waiting. I finally became a bride at the age of thirty-four which frankly is considered an ancient marrying age for someone born and raised in the south. I joke with my husband that he did a good job hiding from me for a decade. Now that I have this handsome partner in life, I can remember those single years with rose-colored glasses. I think…
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How to Fund Your Adoption
If you have looked into adoption, you know the costs can add up quickly and can overwhelm almost any family’s budget. There are a lot of factors that contribute to the fees associated with adoption, but the total can be upwards of $50,000. Even families who adopt through the foster care system will have some financial decisions to consider. With private adoption, the agency fees cover everything from social workers, counseling, birth mother’s housing, medical expenses, lawyers, child’s medical needs, home study, federal fingerprinting, required adoption education, CPR Classes, travel out of state or country, etc. We are in the process of adopting an infant domestically. We chose our agency…
